Quassia (Noun)
Meaning 1
A bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Meaning 2
Handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.